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BOTANICAL GAZETTE 



[JULY 



and in spite of the advice of my physician, have had to work hard. Day after 

 tomorrow I start for the Riviera and shall see whether I may not recuperate 

 a little. 



At the present time a Festschrift is under way to commemorate 



Strasburger's seventieth birthday. A complete account of his life 



and work will doubtless be published, but a brief notice is appropriate 



at this time, and the words from his own pen will be appreciated by his 



numerous pupils and friends. The photograph taken in his regalia, 



while he was president of the University of Bonn, was given with 



the injunction that it must not be shown in Germany nor published 



anywhere during his lifetime. The other photograph was taken in 

 1892. 



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a: 



J. Chamberlain, The University of 



